After the MMA scandal of the year, former Middleweight champion Tommy "Lightning" Sparks' career is in shambles. While he fights to get back on his feet, he's forced to swallow his pride and move in with his best friend, Julie. But righting his own wrongs won't be his only battle. Another fighter has his sights set on Julie, and for the first time Tommy's place in her life is threatened.

Julie Rogers fell for Tommy the day he helped her find her lost puppy at ten years old. As a thirty-two-year-old veterinarian, she still has her love for animals--and for Tommy. Over the years, she's come to accept that Tommy will never look at her with anything other than brotherly love. After he moves in, the feelings she's kept locked away threaten to burst through their restraints.

Terrified of losing their friendship, Julie resolves to date another fighter and let go of Tommy. But as she begins to move on, Tommy starts to see her with new eyes. Now, he's more determined to than ever to emerge the victor and become the man she deserves, before he loses the only woman who means everything to him.

Abby Niles has always loved to read. After having twins and becoming a stay-at-home mom, she started doodling stories to keep her sanity. She didn’t plan for writing to become an obsession, but it did. Today, she juggles work, home life, and writing. It’s not always easy, but hey, who said life was easy? When Abby’s not writing, you can find her playing ‘Just Dance’ with her kids or trying to catch up on her never-ending to-be-read list.

Former Marine scout sniper Seth Harlan is new to HORNET and anxious to prove he can still do his job despite an ongoing battle with PTSD. He remembers all too well what it's like to sit inside an enemy camp, praying for rescue and waiting for death. So when a wounded veteran contacts HORNET to rescue a buddy who was left behind, all sorts of nasty memories strain his newfound stability.

When an interview with a runaway Afghan child bride leads photojournalist Phoebe Leighton to an arms deal involving a suitcase bomb powerful enough to wipe out a mid-sized town, she realizes this is one battle she can't win on her own. Forming an unlikely alliance with a ragtag team of military and government delinquents, she meets Seth, a sniper carrying as many emotional scars as physical, who impresses her with his steely will and ignites passions within her she thought long dead.

Suddenly this mission is about a lot more than an abandoned soldier. Racing against the clock, Seth, Phoebe, and the rest of HORNET struggle to stop that bomb before it reaches it's final destination: The United States.

Tonya received a B.A. in creative writing from SUNY Oswego and she's now working on an MFA in popular fiction. She spends her time reading, writing, and exploring. A geek at heart, she pledges her TV fandom to Supernatural and Dr. Who.

She shares her life with two dogs and a ginormous cat. She's from a small town in New York, but she suffers from a bad case of wanderlust, and ends up moving someplace new every few years. Luckily, her animals are all excellent travel buddies.